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Romans 1:14

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I have a duty to all people—Greeks and those who are not Greeks, the wise and the foolish.

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“You fools, how long will you be foolish? How long will you make fun of wisdom and hate knowledge?

You who are uneducated, seek wisdom. You who are foolish, get understanding.

A road will be there; this highway will be called “The Road to Being Holy.” Evil people will not be allowed to walk on that road; only good people will walk on it. No fools will go on it.

At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the people who are wise and smart. But you have shown them to those who are like little children.

Then Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the people who are wise and smart. But you have shown them to those who are like little children. Yes, Father, this is what you really wanted.

But the Lord said to me, ‘Leave now. I will send you far away to the other nations.’ ”

The people who lived there were very good to us. Because it was raining and very cold, they made a fire and welcomed all of us.

The people living on the island saw the snake hanging from Paul’s hand and said to each other, “This man must be a murderer! He did not die in the sea, but Justice does not want him to live.”

But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! I have chosen Saul for an important work. He must tell about me to those who are not Jews, to kings, and to the people of Israel.

They said they were wise, but they became fools.

I want you to understand this secret, brothers and sisters, so you will understand that you do not know everything: Part of Israel has been made stubborn, but that will change when many who are not Jews have come to God.

Live in peace with each other. Do not be proud, but make friends with those who seem unimportant. Do not think how smart you are.

Do not owe people anything, except always owe love to each other, because the person who loves others has obeyed all the law.

All the believers have heard that you obey, so I am very happy because of you. But I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.

So, my brothers and sisters, we must not be ruled by our sinful selves or live the way our sinful selves want.

But unless I understand the meaning of what someone says to me, we will be like foreigners to each other.

If you praise God with your spirit, those persons there without understanding cannot say amen to your prayer of thanks, because they do not know what you are saying.

And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom but with words taught us by the Spirit. And so we explain spiritual truths to spiritual people.

Do not fool yourselves. If you think you are wise in this world, you should become a fool so that you can become truly wise,

We do not dare to compare ourselves with those who think they are very important. They use themselves to measure themselves, and they judge themselves by what they themselves are. This shows that they know nothing.

You are wise, so you will gladly be patient with fools!

In the new life there is no difference between Greeks and Jews, those who are circumcised and those who are not circumcised, or people who are foreigners, or Scythians. There is no difference between slaves and free people. But Christ is in all believers, and Christ is all that is important.

So I patiently accept all these troubles so that those whom God has chosen can have the salvation that is in Christ Jesus. With that salvation comes glory that never ends.

In the past we also were foolish. We did not obey, we were wrong, and we were slaves to many things our bodies wanted and enjoyed. We spent our lives doing evil and being jealous. People hated us, and we hated each other.




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